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Upanishads : " The Cream of Vedas"
Vedanta ( Veda +anta i.e; the end of Vedas ) as the literal meaning connotes comprises the philosophical portion of Vedas, called the Upanishads.
Of about 280 Upanishads unearthed so far, 108 have been accepted as authorised texts , and out of them have been commented upon by great Acharyas lika Sri Sankaracharya , Sri Ramanjacharya, Sri Madhavacharya and thus are classified as major.

Here, the picture is more than significant to one who contemplates over it.

When the arrow is fixed to the bow and pulled towards us, though the arrow is facing outward ( i.e towards target/mark ), the bow-string bends itself to represent an arrow-head turned towards ourselves.

Thus 'OM' chanting is to be done in the heart and its significances are to be meditated upon and experienced in the inner-most vaults of our personality.

When the string is strung to the maximum, the bow man is onl to relax his firm grip on the arrow the Self and the flight of the instrument pointing through space is automatic, immediate and instantaneous.

Having reached its goal/mark, the bull's eye, the Brahmam, the Sruti says that the individual Self merges with the Total Self ( Jivatma with the Paramatma ) to become one with it.

Mantram-6.
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Esa Sarvesvara esa sarvajna eso-'ntaryamy-esa
yonith sarvasya prabha-vapyayau hi bhutanam.
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word by meaning : -
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esah - this one;
sarvesvarah - is the ruler of all;
easah sarvahnah - this ( is ) Omniscient;
esah antaryami - this ( is ) all Knower;
easah yonih - this ( is ) the Source;
sarvasya - of all;
prabhava apyayau - origin and dissolution;
hi - verily;
bhutanam - of all beings.
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The sum of Mantram : -
"This is the Lord of all, this is the Knower of all, this is the inner Controller, this is the Source of all.
And, this is that from which all things originate and in which they finally dissolve themselves."
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